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MLS is negotiating a transfer with club in Denmark (Brondby) for NYRed Bulls Jean-Philippe Peguero

GOING, GOING...: MLS negotiating Peguero transfer to Denmark

July 22, 2006

Haitian striker Jean Philippe Peguero has become a fan favorite in his short time with the Red Bulls. But he may have played his last game for the club.

Peguero, the team's leading goal-scorer, has been left off the active roster for the Red Bulls game against Kansas City Saturday because Major League Soccer is negotiating a possible transfer to a club in Denmark, according to a team source.

After turning down two other offers from European clubs for the 6-1. 185-lb. Peguero, MLS nixed a third offer last month, this from Molde F.K. of Norway?s Tippeligaen, according to several sources. The transfer fee was believed to be in the neighborhood of $800,000, according to former Red Bulls coach Mo Johnston.

Peguero, 24, whose MLS contract pays him a reported $70,000 through 2008, has expressed a desire to stay in MLS and to continue to play in New York.

?I?m not looking at other options right now, I?m just focused right now on getting this team on top and getting ready for the playoffs,? he said last month. ?I do like playing here.?

Entering Saturday's game, Peguero had six goals and three assists. The six goals tied him for ninth in the league with D.C. United's Aleco Eskandarian and Real Salt Lake's Jason Kreis.

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Peguero to be sold to Denmark

July 22, 2006

It looks like Jean-Philippe Peguero's tenure with Metro will soon be over. The Haitian forward, acquired earlier in the season, has been the subject of transfer rumors a few weeks ago, and it looks like these rumors will finally come to fruition. Peguero is not playing in tonight's match against Kansas City, held out because of a pending sale to a Danish club, according to "Running with the Bulls" pre-game report. The club was later revealed to be Brondby.

Peguero, clearly a Mo Johnston acquisition, has scored six goals in his short Red Donkey career, but has been silent in the past few weeks (especially during his two-game suspension), and has failed to form much of a partnership with Edson Buddle, a player with very similar attributes. When the transfer was originally rumored, the fee was mentioned in the $800,000 range with Metro holding out for a larger number. Now, with Johnston gone and Bruce Arena in charge, the allocation that should result from the sale could give the new Head Donkey some much-needed resources.

If Peguero is not sold, Metro is risking losing the free-agent-to-be for nothing after the season.